The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-21
NUMBER 81.
ELAkA.
The Ne" Government of the city Pun
ningiy Discussed.
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nihgiN Discussed.
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WELAKA, FLA, April 20, 1897.
Owing 10 the unpleasantness OF the
evening the fortnightly meeting Of the
Welaka Literary and Dramatic Society,
called for Monday evening, was unavoid-
/ ably postponed.
/ The final meeting of the electors OF
/ Welaka will take place on Saturday next
AT / o'clock y. m, when they will 20
through the form OF deciding Ia incor-
porate the town. and then proceed
to elect officers, Plenty of time has been
given tor men to decide who 20 choose,
and in q small circle of pcoplo who pull
together like the good folks in Welaka,
there cannot be- much variety Of opin-
ION. We do not expect to hear of any, nos
do We expect tO hear OF opposition in any
shape or form, Wclaka has been held
back long enough and now every right
minded citizen il eager 10 see her moving
towards the position IN the State of Flor
ida which she should have held years ago.
We hav" heard few grumDlings but
upon Investigation find that they are Ia
reality only produced 10y some over anx-
ious citizen who fears that things are
running too smoothly and is perfectly
happy when he hears that there are
about forty five electors waiting an op-
portunity Ia kick him. knowing as he
does that he viii De the first to raise his
vuic" tor Incorporation,
They do say a. how there is going 10
be a good deal Of the North in the m)
ayor of Welaka Eh! As for the coun-
cal well that II as Broad as IL Is long
lWaldron Is long bat why not have "a
Thorne, between two daisies, eh!!! But
what's the good of writing H'eich when
no one can RecFer unless he's clerk.
Why Voolfolk not tell me who are to
ID" the offices of the town. Well any
way
lBr) va uD nt a voter.
\ large advertisement board contain
ing no less than twelve distinct adver-
tisements of places of business in We.
laka, has just been put up on Reynolds
wharf. IL was lettered and painted by
Mr. Claude Swain, of Welaka, and IN IA
nice piece of work. The Welaka Land
Company heads the list. IL will be one
Of the sights of Florida next winter
We stroled into the office of the We
laka Land Company yesterday, and found
on the side-table no less than twelve
newspapers, including three of the lead
ing English dailics, all Of the latest date.
just gave us all we wanted. We asked
if We might subscribe, and that fool of
secretary told us that all THE NEws
asked was two dollars for three months.
Why, even the Times Union charges two
fifty,
Mr.. W, Mucklow, of Fruitland, was in
town the other day, and took some pho
tographs in the neighborhood.
A baseball nine, composed of English
boys challenged the Fruitland club 10 a
friendly game on Saturday last, but the
Frnitland men proved too much for
them. Only two or three Of the British
lads had played the game before, conse-
quently few mistakes were made. Lit
tie q. C. Butler pitched manfully, and
il was n pleasure to see the plucky man
ner ia which young Kennedy stood up
behind the hat. The boys could not,
however, pretend to stand before such
pitching rs that Of Mr.. Williams, the
Fruitland captain, and all round, good
play and knowledge of the game Of their
more burly antagonists. We hope, how
ever, AT some future date, that they may
meet them at one of their national
games. cricket or football, when they
may give better account Of them
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